If you lived in Kansas or Oklahoma would you be constant fear of a tornado hitting?

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I’ve never even been out there, but I find tornadoes pretty scary. I grew up with hurricanes, for which, even if they are monster storms like Andrew, you still receive warning days in advance. But with tornadoes, the warning time is as little as 10–15 minutes, right?

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